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The Scientist Warning Sign

Sorry for the double post, but I think this earns me a bump. :P Beware, much epicness, randomness, stupidity(ness), and inappropriateness ahead. Hopefully there's some hilariousness, too. :lol: (The band has just finished yet another show on the Viva La Vida tour, planned encore and all. Chris and Jonny walk into the hidden room backstage.) [Wait, isn't this supposed to be an "In The Studio" story? And what the heck is a "planned encore"?] (Shut up, you're not the narrator.) Jonny: I can't believe my guitar died right in the middle of Violet Hill. Chris: Kinda awkward, yeah...but that's why we have so many extras. Jonny: I loved how you changed that line to "His guitar was broken still," though. (Will comes in, looking thoughtful.) Will: You know, I think maybe we should rethink the butterfly confetti thing. Chris: ...What? Will: Well, people have been calling our music "gay" for years, and now we're dumping butterflies all over the place, and- Jonny: You think butterflies are gay now? Will: No, but these aren't exactly smart people. And it doesn't help that you two keep kissing in public- Chris: Hey! Will: -it's just that it seems like we're giving our loudest, dumbest critics extra ammunition. Jonny: Gay butterflies, ammunition...Will, are you turning into an American? Will: That doesn't even make sense. And Chris, stop humming "Turning Japanese." You know I hate that song. Chris: Why? It fits the joke! Sort of. Jonny: We'd better hope no one ever hears this conversation; it'd offend everyone in the world. (Yeah, no kidding.) Jonny: Who said that? Will: I still think we should get rid of the butterflies, or just not use so many. They make such a mess. Chris: So what? It's not like we have to clean them up. Jonny: Actually... (Jonny grabs Chris's hair and yanks on it.) Chris: Ow! What was that for? (Jonny shows Chris the handful of crumpled paper butterflies, and hair, he just pulled out.) Chris: ...Oh. Jonny: Your hair holds a lot of static electricity. It's attracting them. Chris: So, you're a scientist now? Will: We just played a song called "The Scientist," you know. Chris: Oh yeah... Will: Well, should we keep the butterflies, or not? Chris: What if we used actual, living butterflies?! (No one says anything for several seconds.) Jonny: I'm not sure it's a good idea to release thousands of insects into a room full of crazed fans and loud music. Will: Wait. Butterflies are insects? Jonny: What did you think they were, mammals? Will: Hey, I'm not a biologist. Jonny: Right...anyway, how would we transport them, or capture them after the show? Or keep them from getting stepped on? Chris: Maybe we could train them to come back after everyone leaves, and stay off the floor. Jonny: You can't train butterflies. Will: Don't they train fleas for flea circuses? Jonny: Er...well... Chris: I know a guy with one of those! Maybe he can help! I think I have his number- Jonny: No. This is ridiculous. We are not buying an army of butterflies just so Chris doesn't have to clean his hair. Will: That's not the only reason. Jonny: I don't care! The paper butterflies are fine! We don't need to- (Guy dashes in and slams the door shut.) Guy: Finally. Er...why were you yelling about butterflies? Jonny: You don't want to know. Chris: What took you so long? Guy: Oh, some crazy news-person wouldn't stop asking me questions. (Someone knocks at the door.) Guy: If anyone answers that, they will regret it. And not because of me. Will: What's so bad about reporters? Guy: I dunno, she was just really annoying. Also... (He turns to Jonny.) Guy: She thought I was you. Jonny: I guess that makes us even. Guy: Not really, I've got hardly any lines in this script. Jonny: What are you talking about? Guy: ...I'm not sure. Jonny: There's something really weird going on here... Will and Chris: Definitely. (Short pause.) Chris: Jinx! Will: Huh? Jonny: I think my ears are ringing. Maybe the speakers were set too high. Will: Or maybe it's from the past few minutes of stupidity. Guy: No, I think that's the crowd squealing. Chris: I guess we should do another encore, or something. Jonny: Why do we keep calling Death And All His Friends an encore? We do that one every time. Chris: Well, we need to do something; they'll wake up the neighbors. Guy: What neighbors? This is a concert hall in the middle of a- Chris: Ok, ok! Will: What should we play? Guy: We could do that new one, what's it called...? Jonny: No, don't say it out loud, they'll hear you! (Another awkward pause.) Jonny: This room is creeping me out. Let's just play Cemeteries of London, we never do that one. Guy: Yeah, because someone keeps forgetting the lyrics. Chris: Shut up. Will: What if? Jonny: What if what? Will: No, "What If," the song. We could do that. Jonny: Oh. Sure, whatever. Chris: Fine. Guy: Ok then, let's go before one of us gets possessed by a ghost again. Chris: [sings] You thought you might be a ghost! Guy: Save it for the microphone, Chris... (They all leave again, and the crowd cheers even more loudly as they walk back onstage...)

I know Parachutes won't win, but... Parachutes Spies :D

Man, these are hilarious...I'm gonna try it, even though it's a total waste of time. :D

Amsterdam Death And All His Friends No way am I letting Chinese Sleep Chant beat DAAHF...:P

Well, they were probably just listening to the radio show on, you know, a radio. :P It's not as fun without all the other people around from random distant countries, though. :D

This post was so great, it deserves to be said again: :lol:

Was it going too fast? Suddenly we're doing just 2 at a time... Twisted Logic Yellow

boring

A few tricky ones, but not too hard... The Scientist Violet Hill Warning Sign Yes :lol:

Finally, some votes for Parachutes...I was getting worried about you guys. :P

Well, they're easy for me, too, but in a different way... Parachutes Proof Spies Strawberry Swing :P

Well, there's pretty much nothing truly original at all. Basically all bands use similar instruments, similar song structures, have at least one person singing in the band's native language, perform in front of semicircular crowds using lots of big speakers, lasers, and rotating lights...I mean, really. :P If a totally original band showed up, no one would like them because they'd be too weird, and probably awful too. Most of the good bands build off things that have already been proven to work, and add some new stuff of their own to make it different. Keane does it, Coldplay does it, Travis does it...even U2 and Radiohead copied a lot of other groups, though most people don't like to admit it. This doesn't make them bad, because they aren't really copying, they're adding onto what's already there; it's musical evolution. ;)

I'm never getting an iPod, they're overpriced and way too restrictive about what you put on them (doesn't everything have to be in .m4a format or something?). Usually I just try to play back songs in my head...but I did get this a while ago, and it's great. Supposedly it'll even run .wav files, though I haven't tried that yet.

Yeah...the endless end of Low annoyed me so much that I actually made an edited version that has most of the "I feel low, oh no, oooohhh, etc." cut off. :P Well, the end part seems kinda cheesy and overdone to me, but the band obviously liked that bit since they left it in, so...:)

Gravity Help Is Around The Corner Life In Technicolor Lost (Low would have beat Lost if not for that last minute of it...ick.)

So, the final list: #20: Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love #19: Warning Sign #18: White Shadows #17: Lost! #16: Talk #15: God Put A Smile Upon Your Face #14: Amsterdam #13: A Rush Of Blood To The Head #12: Shiver #11: Violet Hill #10: Politik #9: Speed of Sound #8: Don't Panic #7: Trouble #6: In My Place #5: Viva La Vida #4: Fix You #3: Yellow #2: Clocks #1: The Scientist Lots of semi-unexpected stuff...no B-sides, but it was still great. :D

...I'm goin' back to the start...

Oh, take me back to the start...:nice:

Why? He's not going to play it backwards...:P

I gotta say, I'm really glad he's not doing the usual radio station thing of cutting off every song before it really ends with loud, jarring music...it's so annoying when they do that. It's almost as awesome as the fact that he's playing 20 Coldplay songs in a row. :D

Wow, he's quoting Bigger Stronger...:D I don't actually like that song, but it was still funny. :P

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Fix You...well, this list is "stuck in reverse", right? :P

Viva La Vida at #5?! This is getting really interesting...what could the next 4 be? Clocks and Yellow for sure, but what else?